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Forth Bridges Helicopter Scenic Tour, Edinburgh

An amazing trip in a luxury helicopter

Tour the world-famous Forth railway bridge and adjacent road bridge

Interesting sights include Edinburgh Airport and South Queensferry

Welcome on board this helicopter scenic tour of the Forth Bridges and Firth of Forth. This helicopter sight seeing trip is an amazing and different way to experience Scotland from above, on board a luxury helicopter.

Departing from Ingliston, you’ll fly overland towards the forth bridges, over Edinburgh Airport towards South Queensferry. Flying along the coastline see the Forth Railway Bridge. This Victorian Engineering feat opened in March 1890 and is widely regarded as one of the engineering marvels of the world.

You’ll also fly across to the more recent (1964) Forth Road Bridge, which carries traffic North from Edinburgh into Fife, as well as the new Forth Bridge construction project, due for completion in 2017.

You’ll also see the landmark Hopetoun House, one of Scotland’s largest stately homes on the southern shore of the river. Built in 1701 for the Earl of Hopetoun the property sits in over 6500 acres including walled gardens and lawns. The best way to appreciate the scale and layout of the house is by helicopter. If you are lucky you’ll also see one of the many shipping movements in this area, including cruise liners anchored in the Firth.

The Helicopter
All Gift Experience Scotland scenic tours are flown using a luxury helicopter and with our highly qualified, experienced pilot at the controls, this trip is guaranteed to be both a comfortable and memorable one.

This was a gift for my mother who lives next to the new bridge and has never traveled in a helicopter. The staff were very polite and informative, the flight was excellent and we had exceptional views as the weather was just right (unusual for Scotland). She now wants to go and visit Loch Lomond which there are flights there as well. May have opened a can of worms there but she is my mum and she’s certainly worth it. Thank you so much for the experience see you all soon!

From the smiling greeting as we arrived through the pre-flight talk, onto the helicopter, around the bridges and down again - nothing could have been better. Great indication from the pilot gave us time to see either straight ahead or out of the windows at the features. Could not have asked for anything different, terrific flight to see all three bridges - it was brilliant!

Awesome experience. Staff on the ground very helpful in regards to my disability. Pilot was top notch talking and pointing out places of interest. Will definitely recommend and very likely to use again in the future.

THE EXPERIENCE CAN BE DESCRIBED BY ONE WORD. "BRILLIANT"
THIS FLIGHT WAS AN 80th BIRTHDAY PRESENT TO ME FROM MY WIFE.
THE WEATHER WAS FIRST CLASS FOR FLYING, NO CLOUDS IN SIGHT.
BACK AT THE LANDING SITE WE MADE A VERY SMOOTH LANDING WITH NO BUMPS, ALL DUE TO A VERY GOOD PILOT. MY THANKS TO HIM FOR A MEMORABLE FLIGHT AND SOME FANTASTIC PHOTOGRAPHS
WHO SAID LIFE BEGINS AT 40 ??
JIM COOK

Brilliant trip for my husband's 60th. Thanks to all staff on site for their warm welcome and to our pilot who made the trip complete. This was our second attempt at trip due to weather but worth waiting for. Highly recommended.

Thoroughly enjoyed the experience and have already recommended it to a friend.
As usual when enjoying something the time goes too quickly and this was case with this experience but that's life.
Thank you all for the outing it was great.
Margaret

Fantastic trip in an immaculate helicopter, very friendly and professional team. Pilot gave good commentary. Lots of time after the trip for photos and information about the helicopter. I upgraded to the co-pilot seat - best £10 I've ever spent. Don't delay - book today !!

A magnificent experience.All staff were so friendly,thoughtful and clearly explained procedure's. Pilot was exceptional and so informative clearly indicating many places of interest and checking we could clearly see them.
I certainly recommend this trip

This was a brilliant experience and we were very well looked after by GES. My son has reduced mobility and needs help to get into/out of vehicles, and the staff on Saturday were great and really helpful. We loved the flight. Thanks - it was excellent!

We had a fantastic unforgettable informative helicopter experience.
The view over the Forth Bridges was absolutley stunning .
professional staff who ensure you have a fun but safe experience !
can't recommend this gift highly enough .

Fantastic experience, brilliant view of Bridges etc, pilot was excellent & very informative , had my friends 80yr old Brother in front seat, he had a great time too, ground staff were amazing & very friendly, nothing was too much trouble, safety briefing put you at ease, would highly recommend, a Great Birthday Gift for us both, Elizabeth & Joe Miles.
Thanks Ian xx

Apart from a weather blip our trip with Helicopter tours was great from start to finish. Friendly helpful staff and the actual flight was brilliant. Over to and around the bridges then on to Hopetoun and Linlithgow etc. Even the fields looked great like a patchwork quilt, and hearing the control tower talking to our pilot was very interesting. A big thank you from Elizabeth and Damien.

What a superb experience I had thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it from start to finish.
Staff were excellent, and pilot made everyone feel relaxed and comfortable throughout.
Defo. recommend doing this folks.

Fantastic tour. Easy to find at Edinburgh airport, all staff were extemely polite and informative. This was a birthday present for my 80th birthday and what a way to finish off my celebrations. I managed to secure the front seat beside the pilot - what a fantastic panoramic view I had. My wife was in the back and also commented on the viewing area she had. Will definitely recommend to my family and friends.

Excellent tour. We were lucky with the weather, although not sunny, we still had some great views.
Pilot was very informative and although it is setup to give a "tourists-eye" view of the area, for someone who knows this area well, it was very interesting to see such well-known areas from the air.
Recommended.

I bought this trip for my wife as she always said she would love to go up in a helicopter. I picked the Forth Bridges because I had worked on the Forth Railway Bridge in 1994 and then again in 2005-2007.
We both loved the experience, the views were breath taking and the ride itself was very smooth. A great trip that I would recommend to anyone.

Pilot was excellent and very informative telling us done of the history and pointing out landmarks explaining about take off and landing and rules for access to airport. Trip was far better than expected and I would definitely recommend as I thoroughly enjoyed the experience